By Roland Imhoff, Professor of Social and Legal Psychology at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany. From Aeon, a registered charity committed to the spread of knowledge and a cosmopolitan worldview. Edited by Sam Dresser. The internet is full of wild-eyed insinuation. Seemingly accidental events are not actually...

To the Editor, The Kootenay Gallery of Art hosted an event called Snow Longer to coincide with two exhibitions that have been on in the Gallery since March 2. Both the exhibitions and event talk about climate change. Thanks to everyone who helped out at Snow Longer, including Laura Sacks of the Citizens Climate Lobby, Erin ...

The Rossland Council for Arts and Culture (RCAC) is pleased to announce “Bohemians in Brooklyn” a live musical cabaret written and produced by CBC’s Tom Allen, taking place at the Miners Hall on Thursday April 26, 2018. Bohemians in Brooklyn mixes original songs, classical chamber music, history, storytelling and some very ...

The Regional District of Kootenay Boundary East End Services Committee is sponsoring a screening of the documentary US AND THEM to bring attention to the issues of homelessness and addiction. The screening is at 4:30 p.m. Saturday, April 7 at the Royal Theatre in Trail. The RDKB is joining US AND THEM's national efforts to ...

On Saturday, April 7, the Victoria Street Bridge will be one of many municipal landmarks across the country lit in purple in support of the Put Your Purple On campaign. The campaign supports Advocacy of Optimal Oral Health and is an important part of National Dental Hygienists Week. The theme of this week, “Oral Health for ...

There is a war between the rich and poor,  A war between the man and the woman.  There is a war between the ones who say there is a war  And the ones who say there isn't.Why don't you come on back to the war, that's right, get in it,  Why don't you come on back to the war, it's just beginning. Why don't you come on back to ...

Human footprints from thousands of years ago are rare finds. “Leaving footprints in the sand” is a metaphor for the ephemeral nature of some human activities. But a group of researchers has recently released their findings on their discovery of a group of footprints made by humans some 13,000 or so years ago, on the shores ...

Sexton Blake performed to a happy crowd at the Joe Hill Coffeehouse on Sunday, March 18, and was forced by the sound guy – Scott Forsythe – to make an announcement:  at the Kootenay Music Awards: Sexton Blake won the award for Best Music Video. The event resulted in prizes to musicians in ten different categories, awarded to...

Attention, readers of books . . . and anyone who secretly or not-so-secretly enjoys writing, or would like to write, and anyone who would like to meet some of Rossland’s published writers; set aside a series of Tuesday evenings this spring. The Rossland Public Library has a treat lined up – a whole series of treats....

The Columbia Kootenay Cultural Alliance (CKCA) invites members of the arts and culture community in the Columbia Basin to join its volunteer Steering Committee. The CKCA is a representative body of the arts and culture communities across the Basin, and manages and administers arts and culture funding programs on behalf of...